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H- BLUME. GANDLBSTIGK.

N 43 .118- Patented Sept. 9, 1890.

01 61 ,683" 172116721307: 1% WWW M; 99mm) mm UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HERMAN BLUME, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAN DLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,118, datedSeptember 9, 1890.

Application filedl'anuary 14, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN BLUME, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Candlesticks; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, effectivedevice whereby candles of various sizes may be securely confined andreadily adjusted in a candlestick having a socket whose dimensions arefixed; and it consists in the combination, with the socket of thecandlestick, of a gravitating block fitted in a suitable seat formed toreceive it in the upper end thereof, and which shall operateautomatically by its weight to bear inwardly against the periphery ofthe candle and thereby clamp and secure it, all as hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of myimproved candle stick, and Fig. 2 a top view of the cup and socket withthe inserted candle in cross-section.

The candlestick A may be of any desired form and design, provided, as iscustomary, with a vertical socket B to receive and hold the candle. Anoffset 0 is formed in the rim of this socket to flare outwardlytherefrom, so as to provide a lateral V-shaped notch or recess e in theperiphery of the rim, which shall incline outwardly and upwardly, asshown in Fig. 1. This recess is adapted to receive a block D, having,preferably, the form of a right-angled triangle,with the angle of itshypotenuse corresponding substantially with that of the divergent sideof the recess, and which is made of a length somewhat greater than thatof said recess. The lateral walls of the recess 6 may be made straightand parallel, but preferably are made to diverge, so as to impart to therecess a dovetail form in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2, and thegravitating wedge D is in such case made of a correspondingcross-section, so that although made so much smaller than the recess asto fit loosely therein it may not drop down entirely out of it into thesocket B.

Serial No. 336,929. (No model.)

In use the gravitating block D, sliding automatically down into therecess 6, will have its inner straight face carried inward by reason ofthe inclination of the outer wall of the recess, while the parallelismof said inner face with the opposite straight side of the socket B willbe preserved by reason of the coincidence in the angle of inclination ofthe inclined faces of the block and recess. Hence the inner face of theblock will be brought to bear evenly and with uniform pressure against acandle F, inserted between it and the opposite wall of the socket, so asto hold it firmly without marring or defacing it. The distance to whichthe block will drop in its seat to strike the candle will'be inproportion to the diameter of the latter. If the candle be large, theblock will have but slightmovement. If it be small, as represented bythe dotted lines in Fig. 1,the block will slip down until it comes intocontact therewith, the opening for the candle between the block and theopposite side of the socket being rapidly reduced as the block islowered. The adjustment of the block D is facilitated by means of aprojecting handle H.

The offset 0, in which the inclined recess 6 is formed, may bemeasurably concealed so as not to impair the symmetry of design in thecandlestick, by causing its outer end to regis ter with the rim of thecup or collar G, formed, as is usual, to encircle the rim of the socket.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a gravitatingclamping-block with the rim of a candlestick recessed to receive it,substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The candlestick having a lateral outwardly-flaring recess in its rim,in combination with a wedge-shaped block fitted loosely in said recess,substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN BLUME.

l/Vitnesses: I

A. N. JESBERA, E. M. WATSON.

